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WATERBIRD RESCUE & WILDLIFE RESPONSE

International Bird Rescue

Rescues and rehabilitates waterbirds in crisis and advances science-based wildlife response, drawing on experience that began after the 1971 San Francisco Bay oil spill.

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What their work protects or supports

Waterbird rescue and rehabilitation
Oiled-wildlife emergency response
Research, education, and global best-practice sharing

WHY IT CONNECTS TO AURA RENÉ

Meaning that extends beyond the jewelry

Birds, feathers, flight, and the natural world all connect naturally with Aura René’s symbolic jewelry. International Bird Rescue gives that inspiration a tangible wildlife-rescue dimension.

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2026

What they’re doing now

2026 RESPONSE

California seabird starvation response

Beginning in March, Bird Rescue responded to a widespread starvation event. Its June 29 update reported 392 Brown Pelican, Common Murre, and Brandt’s Cormorant admissions across its California centers.

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JULY 30, 2026

Protecting a generation of nesting seabirds

A new 55th-anniversary story revisits the Long Beach Harbor nesting seabird crisis and the hands-on response that helped protect vulnerable birds.

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JULY 2026

Brown Pelican N33 spotted thriving

Bird Rescue reported N33 thriving again more than a year after her latest rehabilitation and a decade after her first admission—a long-term glimpse of rehabilitation success.

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IMPACT IN MOTION

Watch more of the work

A 2026 rescue-and-release story follows a Brown Pelican from fishing-gear entanglement through rehabilitation and return to the ocean.

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Bird Rescue regularly publishes field stories, releases, patient updates, and wildlife-response coverage.

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